Countdown to the Chirping of Cicadas

The June wind carried the heat wave of the asphalt road, and also brought in uninvited guests. The life of Su Wan, the top student in high school, was originally a monotonous straight line filled with review materials and countdown cards. However, the moment Jiang Yi knocked on the door, it took an unexpected turn - the "problem boy" who sweated on the basketball court and always ranked at the bottom of the grade list turned out to be the "son of a comrade" who had to stay for a month. The ice-cold orange soda snatched from the canteen, the mysterious letter that was unopened three months ago deep in the drawer, the faint scratching sound of the pen tip in the next room, and the tireless chirping of cicadas outside the window are all fermenting in this sultry summer. Su Wan clutched the envelope with the scrawled handwriting, and her fingertips touched not only the temperature of the paper, but also the heartbeat hidden under the countdown numbers; Jiang Yi stared blankly at the cicada with silver-gray wings on the notebook. Hidden behind the cynicism was an uneasiness that he had not even figured out yet. The thirty-day countdown to the college entrance examination is like a string getting tighter and tighter. When an introverted academic meets a casual boy, when a dusty secret meets the restlessness of summer, is what is hidden in the chirping of the cicadas a turbulent accident, or is it a foreshadowing that has already been written in youth? This summer, all the unspoken words are waiting for the moment to be revealed by the chirping of cicadas.